Senior Value Stream Manager / Operations Manager

GKN Automotive • Newton, NC • 1w ago

Key responsibilities

Operations Management

Manage a significant operational area for the organization.

Production Planning

Develop monthly and annual production plans for a value stream to include resource planning and monitoring and reporting on performance against the plan.

Leadership and Direction

Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.

Manufacturing Methods/Processes Development

Identify shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures; deliver straightforward improvements to manufacturing processes and methods with guidance from a more senior colleague.

Health, Safety, and Environment

Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace. Identify patterns of risky behavior within the team and take appropriate action to resolve them, escalating serious issues as appropriate.

Quality Assurance

Develop new methods, tools, and programs for quality assurance. Lead developmental initiatives or programs within an area of expertise.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

Develop medium- or long-term work schedules that enable the organization to achieve its business goals. Involves coordinating across multiple teams.

Operational Compliance

Monitor and review performance and behaviors within area of responsibility to identify and resolve noncompliance with the organization's policies and relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct.

Budgeting

Manage and report on performance within the department or area of responsibility; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

Organizational Capability Building

Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Internal Communications

Execute a communications plan within established internal communication systems and procedures.

Skills

Action Planning

Applies expertise to act as the organizational authority on developing appropriate plans or

performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.

Policy and procedures

Uses expertise to act as the organizational authority on developing, monitoring, interpreting

and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational

strategies and objectives.

Planning and Organizing

Uses expertise to act as organizational authority on planning, organizing, prioritizing and

overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.

Review and Reporting

Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance

and training to others on reviewing and creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.

Verbal Communication

Applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and

training to others on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas,

request actions and formulate plans or policies.

Adaptive Mindset

Works at an advanced level to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with

assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and

making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any

scenario. Typically works independently and provides guidance.

Health and Safety

Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to independently manage and apply safe

systems of work while providing guidance and training to others.

Negotiation

Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to negotiate independently while providing

guidance and training to others on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus

between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Experience

Substantial general work experience together with comprehensive job related experience in

own area of expertise to fully competent level. (Over 6 years to 10 years)

GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.

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